Paramedic responding to call charged in Oshawa collision

Paramedic responding to call charged in Oshawa collision

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OSHAWA -- A 40-year-old Whitby paramedic has been charged with failing to stop for a red light after a collision at the Stevenson Road North and Bond Street West intersection in Oshawa on February 6. A paramedic supervisor was responding to an emergency call at the time of the collision. February 6, 2013

OSHAWA -- A Whitby paramedic responding to an emergency call was charged with running a red light after a collision in an Oshawa intersection late Wednesday morning.

Durham police Sergeant Nancy van Rooy said the paramedic, who was driving a marked Durham EMS SUV, was responding to a call with his emergency lights on when the collision occurred at the Stevenson Road North and Bond Street West intersection in Oshawa at roughly 11:45 a.m. on Feb. 6.

A Chevy Avalanche, driven by a 48-year-old Port Perry woman, was heading north on Stevenson and collided with the paramedic who was heading west on Bond.

The paramedic was taken to hospital and treated for minor injuries and released, said Sgt. van Rooy.

The Port Perry woman was treated at the scene and did not need to go to the hospital.

Walter Logozar, 42, of Whitby was charged with failing to stop at a red light.